San José Wind Symphony · 2026-2027 Season
Storytellers
Every concert opens a new chapter, and music brings the story to life.
Five chapters drawn from literature, holiday tradition, mythology, cinema, and community, performed by the San José Wind Symphony.
Buon Natale with Pasquale Esposito
Tradition, family, and holiday memory
- Date & time
- Sunday, December 13, 2026
3:00 PM - Venue
- McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center
20300 Herriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Celebrate the warmth and wonder of the season with Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito and the San José Wind Symphony. Beloved Italian carols, cherished American holiday standards, and the soaring romance of Puccini come together in a festive program filled with elegance, nostalgia, and joy.
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Pasquale Esposito
Tenor
Pasquale Esposito is an international crossover recording artist, acclaimed for his pop-opera delivery of songs. Born in Naples, Italy, and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends classical training with the warmth of Neapolitan song, Italian standards and contemporary ballads.
Program
A Christmas Festival
Leroy Anderson
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (vocal solo)
Meredith Willson, arr. Rob Balfoort
Silent Night (vocal solo)
Franz Gruber, arr. Jos van de Braak
White Christmas (vocal solo)
Irving Berlin, arr. John Moss
Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Pietro Mascagni, arr. Larry Odom
Love Scene from “La Bohème”
Giacomo Puccini, arr. Patterson
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (vocal solo)
arr. Brian Sadler
Adeste Fideles (vocal solo)
arr. Silvano Scaltritti
- Intermission
Dreidel Dance
arr. Robert Thurston
Huntingtower
Ottorino Respighi, ed. Malcolm Binney
Gesù Bambino (vocal solo)
Pietro Yon, arr. Jos van de Braak
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (vocal solo)
arr. Douglas E. Wagner
The Night Before Christmas
Randol Alan Bass
Christmas Sing-Along
arr. James Ployhar
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Program subject to change
The 2026-2027 Season
Five chapters, one season
Across the season, audiences experience music inspired by literature, holiday traditions, mythology, cinema, and community.
1Literature becomes music
A Novel Concert
Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 3:00 PM
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture CenterInspired by the words and worlds of some of literature's greatest authors, including Voltaire, Rudyard Kipling, J.R.R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and Herman Melville.
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Tradition, family, and holiday memory
Buon Natale with Pasquale Esposito
Sunday, December 13, 2026 · 3:00 PM
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture CenterStorytelling through family, cultural tradition, opera, and shared holiday memories, with a warm Italian Christmas spirit.
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3Ancient stories, mystery, and wonder
Myths and Legends
Sunday, February 28, 2027 · 3:00 PM
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture CenterGreek mythology, ghosts, the Firebird, and Chinese mythology, closing with the sweeping Dragon Rhyme.
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4Cinematic adventure on a galactic scale
A Galaxy of Music: Star Wars at 50
Sunday, May 16, 2027 · 3:00 PM
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture CenterCelebrating fifty years of the original 1977 film and the music of the saga, on a full symphonic wind scale.
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5The community's own story
Symphony in the Park
Sunday, July 4, 2027 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Oak Meadow ParkOur free summer tradition with the City of Los Gatos: music under the trees for neighbors of every age.
Free community concert — no ticket required.
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